A/HRC/18/53 • Dialog is the only choice to end the crisis. • Confirms the necessity of focusing on the value of human rights, to use means of constitutional, humanistic and contemporary standards in order to protect human rights, also a recommends the creation of a Syrian high council for human rights. • Advises an immediate release of all political, and opinion prisoners in Syria, who did not commit crimes punishable by the law. Some of the other reform laws: 1- Legislative decree number 55 (April, 21st, 2011) related to law enforcement in few particular kinds of crimes, it concerns procedures of collecting evidence, hearing suspects and respecting temporary detention period. 2- Legislative decree number 54 (April, 21st, 2011) related to managing citizens’ right to organize peaceful demonstrations, which is already mentioned in the Syrian constitution as a basic human right. 3- Legislative decree number 43 (April, 21st, 2011) related to the abolition of the Supreme State Security Court. 4- Legislative decree number 49 (April, 7th, 2011) related to granting Syrian citizenship documents to the Kurdish populations registered as foreigners in Al Hasaka. 5- Legislative decree number 46 (April, 3rd, 2011) related to including under health insurance coverage both civilian and armed forces retirees, those who were employed by the government, public sector or public organizations. 6- Legislative decree number 43 (March, 24th, 2011) related to property acquisition in border areas. 7- Legislative decree number 40 (March, 24th, 2011) related to salary increase for civilian and armed forces’ governmental employees. 8- Legislative decree number 62 (June, 5th, 2011) related to substituting workers’ short term contracts by long term contracts. 9- Legislative decree number 84 (July, 13th, 2011) related to social development. 10- Legislative decree number 100 (August, 6th, 2011) related to multiple parties law. 11- Legislative decree number 101 (August, 6th, 2011) related to the general elections law. The government had also completed working on two laws, the first concerns the media, the second is related to local administrations, they will be issued in the next few days. Additionally, we issued many regulatory decrees related to offering students more study cycles, and creating enterprises and new colleges in all Syria’s universities. The Syrian government is also creating a number of committees involving senior professionals and experts to work on the following questions: 1- Committee investigating crimes committed against civilians and the armed forces, and other crimes related to the currently events taking place in Syria. 108